A Smooth Transition

Smooth Transition provides the guidelines and practice resources that govern how and when young people are offered Home Stretch WA, and the processes of referral, onboarding and working together with the Child Protection System.

Training and support is provided to each District Office and their Home Stretch WA provider through an Establishment Workshop. this helps to build a common understanding and a clear trusted pathway for young people to engage with Home Stretch.

Smooth Transition also is about supporting young people to smoothly transition into other professional supports by the time the reach 21. This might include support through a Leaving Care Program, Housing, Mental Health or other mainstream services.

Referral Flow Chart

Practice Tools & Resources

All the tools and resources you need for providing a Smooth Transition for young people are in the table below.

You can filter by the Stage the resource is used in providing a young person with a Smooth Transition or by the Document Type, to easily find the one you want and click on the document's title to open the document.

* Don't forget there are more Smooth Transition Resources on the Training page

#	Document Title & Link	Stage	Purpose of Document	Document Type
1	Referral and Onboarding Flow Chart - Providers	Awareness	Referral process for Providers	Practice Guide (PG)
2	Referral Pathway with Touchpoints - Districts	Referral	Referral Pathway for Districts	Practice Guide (PG)
3	Smooth Transition Referral & Staying On Referral - Training Slides	Referral	Slides from group training delivered on Smooth Transition Referral & Staying On Referral	Training Resource (TR)
4	Smooth Transition - District Step-By-Step - Practice Guide	Onboard	Ste-by-step Practice Guide for Department of Communities District Staff to support a smooth transition of a young person to a Home Stretch Provider	Practice Guide (PG)
5	DoC Casework Practice Manual		Casework Practice Manual for Department of Communities Case Workers	Practice Guide
6	By Name List Approach & Meeting Agenda	Referral	How to use a By Name List Approach to support hard to engage young people to with information about Home Stretch WA	Practice Guide (PG)
7	Smooth Transition - Referral Stage I Form Sample	Referral	Sample of 1st Referral Form that forms part of the Home Stretch WA Referral Pathway	Form (FOR)
8	Smooth Transition - Kimberley Regional Referral Stage I Form Sample	Referral	Sample of 1st Referral Form that forms part of the Home Stretch WA Referral Pathway for the Kimberley Region	Form (FOR)
9	How We Connect Young People Living with Disabilities with Home Stretch WA Flow Chart	Awareness	Referral and onboarding process for young people with a disability	Practice Guide (PG)
10	Info Session for YP Living with a Disability - Practice Guide	Referral	Practice Guide to support the Info Session with a young person with a disability & other relevant service providers and supporters of the young person.	Practice Guide (PG)
11	NDIS Supplementary Details Form	Referral	Form for Case Managers to complete to capture additional details about a young person who either has confirmed or suspected disability related needs and is currently accessing or is likely to apply to access the NDIS in the future,	Form (FOR)
12	Home Stretch WA - Explainer Video	Awareness	Communicate the Home Stretch Offer to Young People	Practice Tool (PT)
13	Home Stretch WA - Fact Sheet - Young People	Awareness	Communicate the Home Stretch Offer to Young People	Fact Sheet (FS)
14	Smooth Transition - Information Session - Practice Guide	Choice	Practice Guide for Transition Coaches to complete a Home Stretch Info Session	Practice Guide (PG)
15	Smooth Transition - Referral Stage II Form	Referral	2nd Referral Form that forms part of the Home Stretch WA Referral Pathway	Form (FOR)
16	Smooth Transition - ACCO Referral Stage II Form	Referral	2nd Referral Form that forms part of the Home Stretch WA Referral Pathway for regional ACCO's	Form (FOR)
17	Provider Release of Information Form	Choice	Home Stretch Provider Release of Information form that forms part of the Home Stretch Referral Pathway	DoC Form (DCF)
18	Consent to Participate and Collect Information Form	Choice	Home Stretch Provider Consent to participate and collect information that forms part of the Home Stretch Referral Pathway	DoC Form (DCF)
19	Consent to Obtain and Store Records	Choice	Home Stretch Provider Consent to Obtain and Store Records that forms part of the Home Stretch Referral Pathway	DoC Form (DCF)
20	Smooth Transition - Intake Guidelines	Onboarding	Practice Guide for Intake for Home Stretch WA Providers	Practice Guide (PG)
21	Smooth Transition - Protocols for Transition Coach and Case Worker - Working Together	Onboarding	Working together Practice tool for Transition Coach & Case Worker - Working together	Practice Guide (PG)
22	Smooth Transition - Working Together - Resource Planning Timeline	Onboarding	Practice Tool for Transition Coach & Case Worker- Working Together	Practice Tool (PT)
23	Working Together Summary Table	Onboarding	Summary Table for Working Together to support a smooth transition for young people - Transition Coaches & Case Workers	Practice Guide (PG)
24	Smooth Transition - Handover Summary - Practice Guidelines	Supported	These guidelines support Transition Coaches to complete the Handover Summary Form	Practice Guide (PG)
25	Smooth Transition - Handover Summary Form	Supported	Form used to communicate to the DoC District Office a summary of the supports that have been provided in the Home Stretch WA program & those needed by the young person in the future - acts as a pseudo 'Leaving Care Plan'	Form (FOR)
26	Smooth Transition - Simple Action Plan Template	Supported	An example of a template that a Transition Coach could use to support making a plan with a young person	Practice Tool (PT)
27	Smooth Transition - Onboarding Checklist	Onboarding	Checklist for Transition Coaching and Next Steps guide	Form (FOR)